Don: Any regulations, code of ethics, permits required, etc. re: visits to
this rookery? Any recommendations other then renting an electric boat?
Patrick Leary, Fernandina Beach
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From: "Don Margeson" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2007 8:06 PM
Subject: [FLBIRDS] Re; Coffee Pot Bayou Bird Nesting Island, St. Petersburg
> Lorraine and I did a mid season survey of the colonial ( wading bird )
> nesting colony on Coffee Pot Bayou Bird Nesting Island in St. Petersburg
this
> morning. This nesting colony is significant for several reasons, first off
being
> as it's smack in the midst of a city of over 225,00 people. Secondly, it's
> home to very significant numbers of Roseate Spoonbills and Reddish
Egrets. It
> appears that this year we will add our first endangered species to the 13
> species that already nest at Coffee Pot as Lorraine and I witnessed a
pair of Wood
> Storks building a nest on the southwestern end of the Island on one of
the
> higher Mangroves. This is very significant in that Wood Storks typically
nest
> in a freshwater environment or at worst case a brackish estuarine Island
but
> Coffee Pot is for all intents and purposes a salt water Mangrove Island.
Also
> of note was 6 Cattle Egret nests including one with a pair of tiny fuzzy
> chicks. We also had 13 Reddish Egret Branchlings including ( to our
knowledge )
> the first white morph chick being fed by a dark morph parent. Coffee Pot
is a
> great place to see the interaction and feeding behaviour of wading birds
at
> all levels of development because of it's close proximity to downtown St.
> Petersburg. You can rent an electric boat at The Electric Marina near the
> dolphin parking lot on the St. Pete pier, or you can buy a ticket on the
Dolphin
> Queen which gives a great perspective, especially of the birds nesting at
the
> higher levels. They tour Coffee Pot several times per day.
>
> Don Margeson, VP of sales
> Donlo Communications, Inc.
>
> 439 Tennessee Ave. NE
> St. Petersburg, FL 33702
> tel 727-527-0227
> fax 727-527-1744
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